Renowned Labour consultant Austin Gamey has suggested that the next government implement a 24-hour economic policy as a pragmatic measure to steer and manage the country’s economic prospects.
Former President John Dramani Mahama, now the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flabearer, has pledged to implement a 24-hour economy if elected president in order to get the economy back on track.
Mahama’s proposed 24-hour economy has sparked debate about its feasibility and viability.
According to him, the 24-hour economic policy should not only be viewed as an attempt to revitalize the economy’s rippling challenges but also as a criterion for massively voting for any government for office.
“Because of poor management of the economy, we have this galloping unemployment on our hands, and I strongly believe that whoever, be it the proponent of the policy, the NPP adopting it, [Hassan] Ayariga, Alan Kyerematen, or other presidential aspirants, must be ready to accept that we must introduce a 24-hour economy in Ghana, and anything short of that, the person should not be elected.
“The way the economy has gone into the abyss at the moment, if we don’t introduce a planned and well-thought economy, we cannot catch up because we owe so much,” he stressed.
